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First Line: I am a roving Irishman that roves from town to town

First Line: Come, all you sons of Britton, and Irish heroes, too

First Line: I am a bonnie lassie and I love my laddie well

First Line: If you will listen awhile I will sing you a song

Summary: The song mourns sinking of the Great Lakes steamer The Lady Elgin and the deaths of passengers who drowned when she went down in Lake Michigan.

First Line: As I rode down through Irishtown one evening last July

First Line: Come, all you lads and lassies, I pray you will attend

First Line: Young Charlotte lived by the mountain side in a wild and lonely spot

Summary: Joe Bowers leaves Missouri for California to raise money to marry Sally. While there, he recieves a letter from his brother Ike informing him that she has married a red-haired man and has a red-haired baby. Joe Bowers is upset.

First Line: Hark! hark! the drums are beating, my love, I must away